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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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